Local social notes from Clermont and surrounding towns
Clermont and nearby communities share a weekend of visitors and gatherings. Residents of West Union Elgin Postville and Arlington hosted travels to and from the Klingman, Welch, and Randall homes. Activities included bake sales missionary meetings glee club concert card parties and family visits with numerous kin and friends listed by name and place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Peters
Albert Lubke
Louise Miller
Clermont
M. A. Klingman
Randall
Elliott
Lehigh
U. B
Lizzie Borland
West Union
George Faye
Vida Henrich
Ruth Hall
Edna
Erma Corkery
Jeanette Flanagan
Mabel Anderson
Robert Peters
Elgin
Mary Grover
L. Schutte
Postville
A. J. Knutson
Clint Welch
Florence
Stanley
Nell Welch
Arlington
Lawrence Welch
Clarence Randall
Livingston
Wisconsin
Claude Nuss
Sumner
Gertrude Munger
Opal
Mt Vernon
al Hanser
Gladys Lichtenstein
Elmer Swanson
J. L. Knutson
Oscar
Waterloo
Independence
O'Hara
Ardis
Mary Fox
al Trusty
Snirley
Ewing
U. B Church
Whitcher
The
Missionary Society
Elgin Iowa Council Minutes March 2 1931
Elgin Iowa council met at the town hall in regular session with all members present. The minutes were read and approved. Bills examined and allowed include High Echo printing Elgin Furniture repairs street lamp care pumping power lights janitor labor and a filing cabinet plus table for town use. Adjournment followed with aye votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Iowa
High Echo
Elgin Furniture
Ing
Laurence Knudtson
D.O. Dean
Fred Gehring
M. W. Kiple
Harrington
Salmon decline ends Thames breeding for fifty years
Salmon, once a major Thames river fish with vast yearly catches, has not been able to ascend for breeding due to London pollution. In the last five decades no salmon has been caught in the river, marking a dramatic loss in this freshwater resource.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames
London
Lutheran Church Notes March Services and Framing Pastels
Lutheran Church Notes list March services at Norway and Marion with English and Young People sessions and St Olaf Chapel timings. Reading invites all to join each service. Also mentions J Strandford as pastor. Fragile pastels need glass framing says art dealer to protect delicate works.
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Norway
Marion
St. Olaf Chapel
Education Needs Pioneer Experience for Mice
An American D Magazine line argues education should give mice what pioneer experience provided so boys do not grow soft. The quote emphasizes tough training and resilience as essential to character and capability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American D Magazine
Berg's Hater Hats Move In To Elgin Home
Mrs Isaac Monnahan and family move from Clermont to Elgin and occupy the Henry Topp house on Pleasant Street. Fel ler's Hardware advertises Perfection oil stoves and Kitchen book gas stoves, touting long market presence and proven worth with demonstration offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorr Rawson
Coggan
Iowa
Aurora
B. A. Jennings
Luman Fox
Volga City
Guy Probert
Elgin
Will Probert
Sam Jennings
Maggie Whittenbaugh
Henry Wash
F. H. Poor
Jim Gray
St. Olsf
Isaac Monnahan
Clermont
Henry Topp
Pleasant Street
Feller’s Hardware
Eigin
Treasury Street Narrowest In U S St Augustine Fla
Treasury street in St Augustine Florida is reported as the narrowest American street at 6 feet 1 inch wide. It appeared on a 1737 map named to honor the nearby old treasury on the cross street to St George street. Carriages once passed through and a stone barrier on Bay street kept them out. The old treasury building still stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanow
United States
Treasury Street
St. Augustine
Fla
St Augustine
Treasury
St. George Street
Bay Street
Brave winds moved by praise to honor worthy men
A line from Spenser notes how praise for worthy men stirs young winds to offer commendations. The verse reflects on inspired action arising from admiration and the impact of reputation on virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spenser
Wary prices and home building push in local ads
The note praises market-driven price fixes for building materials, noting many items have fallen since the war though not all markets. cautions that the lull won’t last. It invites readers to inquire about material costs and home ownership programs, touting a roll of honor for adopting independence.
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Wadena
Vera Mattocks
Monticello
Ted Welch
Fayette
Leonhart
GR. C. Club
H. O. Rundell
J.R. Wood
Buss- Dubu
Maggies Whittenbaugh
Alden Geil
H. E. Broughton
Amos Eek
Larson
John Killerlain
Herman Larson
Dwyer
Wilkinson
Maurice Dwyer
Lyman Fox
Will Voshell
Sargent Place
Jennings
John Staffenhagen
Leshy
Welch
George Sehmid
J.C. Probert
Geo. Thompson
Ole Erickson
Zeb Davis
Will Corbin
Dan Voshel
Lioyd Jones
Louise Schmid
Walter Medberry
J. C. Kennedy
Lawrence Fennell
Harold Hermen
Leslie Wheeler
Leahy
Clarence Ailen
Elkport
Bernadette Corkery
Harry Corkery
John Swales
Garden Prairie
Abbie Swales
George Jennings
Arena Feas
Falb’s Market
Elgin, Iowa
Council Proceedings
Lutheran Church Notes
J. Strandford
Berg
Polly
Elgin, Iows
Schumacher
Weibel Mill CO
Au Ceara
Night Owls
Denison
Golfer
Mary
Louis
Smart
Roe
Schori & Kuster
Bloin, Iowa
Weber
Jerday
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